Interesting work Richard, not as cleaver as some of your other productions but quality and creativity it appreciated - still not set on your kick but is mostly personal thing lol - also your bass is off-beat or just side-chain gives me this impression?

Cheers,

Darek

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Sounds more like an oriental riff bassline at 1:49 to me. But I still dig it.

I think the guitar sound around 2:00 might benefit from a shorter end-phrase note with a longer release, instead of holding down the note, shorten it up, and automate a longer release for the section being held, or use re-verb if messing with the release isn't possible. 2:11 -> 2:13'ish for example.

Could even probably have it release into the breakdown. The sidechain plus the released decay should give a cool breakdown effect.

The transition into that middle-eastern'ish vibe with the vocals towards the end was a bit jarring for me...

Other than that, pretty cool overall though. I liked it.

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Dec-13-2017 03:04

chris marshSupreme tranceaddict

Registered: Feb 2012
Location: london

sorry for the repeat posting. This is now mastered and downloads are enabled. No label this time so i have to try and promote it myself

Originally posted by TranceLover007
Interesting work Richard, not as cleaver as some of your other productions but quality and creativity it appreciated - still not set on your kick but is mostly personal thing lol - also your bass is off-beat or just side-chain gives me this impression?

Cheers,

Darek

Yes I moved the bass to be slightly off-time as I like that vibe of late, not too locked down and quantized

Kick is too dry / dull you think?

I think I need to add some 80's Fashwave style pads through this track?

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Dec-13-2017 16:27

Richard ButlerSupreme tranceaddict

Registered: Apr 2009
Location: London

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Originally posted by TranceLover007
Cheers man lol - this may require me to either modify this guitar (and FX on it) or go for some completely different sounds

There is tones of elements/sounds I can use as replacement for this quaccck, quaacccckkkk lol lol lol sound lol.

Originally posted by chris marsh
sorry for the repeat posting. This is now mastered and downloads are enabled. No label this time so i have to try and promote it myself

Still love this track dude. Surprised it didn't get signed. It is very generic sounding for that London 2000-ish era, IN A VERY GOOD SENSE (in the same way the new 80's Fashwave is generic but often brilliant and superbly executed)

The sounds, mix and everything are on point.

Would love to borrow some of your vocals.......
I never manage to find good singers for free and I don't want go paying for them up-front

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Dec-13-2017 16:36

Richard ButlerSupreme tranceaddict

Registered: Apr 2009
Location: London

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Originally posted by chris marsh
Really good man. Nailed it imo. Might add something constructive (if i can think if anything) later when at home

I wonder about;

+ Is kick too wooden / big
+ Do I need to layer the bass / other synths a bit more (thing is I love techno type tracks with not much melody in the drops as I feel they hit really well)

+ That sustained vocal in the drop - I think it's too quiet?

I have to just sort outro transitions btw

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Dec-13-2017 16:42

TranceLover007DariusX

Registered: Sep 2009
Location: Seattle, USA

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Originally posted by chris marsh
sorry for the repeat posting. This is now mastered and downloads are enabled. No label this time so i have to try and promote it myself

IMHO yes it is but this is only my taste lol - also can you look at your bass and see if you can run it the same way like your arp mid level bass if you know hat I mean (I think you could time those sequence nicely together to have more punchy effect)

Cheers,

Darek

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Which of those two version of the same production is most appealing to you:

1. Vocal version but those are only a short verses and repeated few time for space reservation - you can have a sense of style of this vocal which to me is really interesting and adding a spark to this track.

2. Instrumental version

Instrumental is a bit easy for release as you own 100% royalties lol but vocal one add some attractiveness to this production.

Which one do you like the most?

Darek

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Originally posted by TranceLover007
Which of those two version of the same production is most appealing to you:

1. Vocal version but those are only a short verses and repeated few time for space reservation - you can have a sense of style of this vocal which to me is really interesting and adding a spark to this track.

2. Instrumental version

Instrumental is a bit easy for release as you own 100% royalties lol but vocal one add some attractiveness to this production.

Which one do you like the most?

Darek

Hi Darek, not really a fan of these, they sound too euro-pop for me or something, sorry!

Originally posted by evo8
Hi Darek, not really a fan of these, they sound too euro-pop for me or something, sorry!

This is perfectly fine with me man, not all of us has to like any particular style - this is more in line with Retro-wave or Synth-wave style which is currently popular on Anjunabeats (similar to FM84) lol.

Cheers man,

Darek

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